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Sunday, October 30, 2016

The Space Between

there was a time
when i was young
when right and wrong
were black and white
and all the world
was cut and dry.
girls on the left
boys on the right
and everyone knew
where they stood
and there was no
middle
in the road.
and all my toys
lay scattered
on the floor.
the yellow brick road
was just another place
i hadnt been to yet
but would go to eventually.
and i knew i would find it
because my father told me so.
and i knew that when i found it
i would know
because nobody told me
i wouldnt.
and if
there was ever
a ceiling i couldnt touch
or a question i couldnt answer
it was only because i wasn't a grown-up.
Yet.
and nothing was ever unreachable
and nothing was ever unknowable
and nothing was ever impossible
as long as i was a kid
-- Matthew Jacobs
Originally published December 1996